Two Ways Our World Resembles “1984”
April 10, 2019 – Jon Miltimore …… It had been at least 25 years, and reading ‘1984’ today was a very different experience. Continue reading →
Bastiat on How the Modern State Commits the Very Evils It Was Created to Prevent
March 26, 2019 – Gary Galles …… The confusion about socialism derives in part from its traditional definition of government ownership of the means of production. Continue reading →
Data Show California Is a Living Example of the Good Intentions Fallacy
February 25, 2019 – Jon Miltimore …… “Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.” Continue reading →
Intergenerational Conflict Will Get Worse
December 11, 2018 – Jeff Deist …… Cultural, economic, fiscal, and political fault lines in America today all bode ill for harmony between younger and older generations. Continue reading →
Henry Hazlitt on Liberty: 21 Choice Quotes
December 9, 2018 – Gary Galles …… At a time when real commitment to liberty is scarce, we need to remember his wisdom. Continue reading →
Nationalism is a Weird Ideology
December 3, 2018 – Robert Higgs …… Nationalism is, among other things, a gigantic aggregation error. Continue reading →
There’s No Such Thing as “Her Truth” or “His Truth” — Only the Truth
November 27, 2018 – Lawrence Reed …… The first casualty on the slippery slope to tyranny is the truth. Continue reading →
What the State Is Not
November 6, 2018 – Murray Rothbard …… The state is not “us.” Even if 70 percent of the people decided to murder the remaining 30 percent, this would still be murder and would not be voluntary suicide on the part of the slaughtered minority. Continue reading →
Voluntary Servitude — Not Coercion — Fuels the State’s Power
October 31, 2018 – Antony Mueller …… Tyranny does not rest on force but on submission. Continue reading →
Freedom and Civilization
June 28, 2018 – Murray Rothbard …… Freedom leads to economic development, and both of these conditions multiply individual development and the powers of the individual man. Continue reading →